Some people’s handwriting is a credit to copperplate, some isn’t, but then all these people who write illegible scrawl should always be complimented on their legibility, so as to encourage them.

I once heard of a man who liked to talk about it, and talk about it, but never did it, and eventually went and did something else entirely; and to this day he never did it.

There is theoretical bullshit, and there is common or garden bullshit; and you can change one into the other by going from the universal to the general and back again.

Reconsidering the rightness of things once in a while doesn’t make you wrong, although it does make you further open to attack from those who know better.

The world is in dire need of a hero––always has been and always will be––so as to be able to cut him down to size before he gets too big for his boots.

If it turns out that you do go for what you want but can’t seem to get it, laugh a little over it, and then go after what you want in some other manner.

If, inadvertently, a friend stabs you in the back, don’t be too confused by his actions, as it’s quite obvious to anybody but a fool that you must have something he wants.

Utter psychopaths clearly have one redeeming feature to them: how to recognize a valued enemy at the appropriate moment.

It is apparent that men seek the approval of their peers or they do not survive long alone in the wilderness, especially without a cuddle from their mothers.

If you can’t do as you’re told, somebody is going to have to come and tell you what to do.

You should learn what you might need to know; but nobody can make you do that, except maybe yourself.

It is correct to say that if you ignore a minor obligation in situations where a good observance of minor obligations is required, then you could be kicked out over it, and you’ll say to yourself: “That was a bit much!” and you’d be right too.

The correct use of conversation is where the medium becomes the message; and so, the message becomes the medium.

Smile, and (assuming you’ve still got all your original teeth) the world smiles back at you.

Laughter, most anthropologists agree, was originally a subservience gesture among primates; and so, it looks like the cheeky monkeys haven’t got far with it yet then.

It may not be the case that older people like to see young men fail completely, but somehow it is more likely that they do like to see them make complete fools of themselves instead.

It is fair to say that you know differently when you’re young from when you’re old, but by that time it’s just too late.

Without the correct information to analyse it with, what you think is occurring at the present time will never correlate exactly with what is actually occurring, unless you just happen to be being run over at the same time by a bus that’s full of eyewitnesses.

As for whatever triviality you choose to remember, there’s always a lot more that you don’t choose to forget.